Home Renovation Contractor Burnaby BC

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Services — 01

Three things, done properly.

Custom kitchens

Kitchen renovations

From $48,000 · 8–10 weeks

Not just new cabinets — a kitchen that adds real value to your home and makes you want to cook every night. Full design, permits, millwork, electrical, and plumbing under one fixed-scope contract.

Eight to ten weeks from demolition to final walkthrough for most Burnaby kitchens. Layout changes that move plumbing or gas add roughly two weeks for permits and rough-in inspections.

If walls, plumbing, gas, or circuits move — yes. We prepare and file every permit in-house and schedule the inspections, so you never deal with the city directly.

Wet-room specialists

Bathroom renovations

From $28,000 · 4–6 weeks

A bathroom that never leaks, never moulds, and still looks current in fifteen years. We never cut corners on waterproofing — every shower gets a full membrane system and a flood test before a single tile goes on.

Four to six weeks. If it's your only bathroom we sequence the work to keep a working toilet and temporary shower available for all but two or three days.

We photograph it, price the repair the same day, and you approve it in writing before we touch it. No surprise invoices at the end — ever.

Design-build

Whole-home & additions

From $250,000 · 4–8 months

Open-plan conversions, second storeys, and extensions — engineered, permitted, and built by one accountable team. The house you already love, finally working the way your family actually lives.

Usually, yes. We phase the work, seal off live zones with dust barriers, and broom-clean every evening. For full gut renovations we'll tell you honestly when moving out for a stretch will save you money and weeks.

Yes — a building permit with a structural engineer's drawings. Our engineer is part of the team, so the beam is sized, stamped, and approved before demolition day is even scheduled.

Starting prices are honest minimums for our market, not teasers. If your budget is below them, we'll say so on the first call and point you to someone good — no wasted site visits.

The parts you'll never see get the same care as the parts you'll show your friends.

Featured project — 02

The Willingdon open-plan extension.

Open-plan kitchen and living space after load-bearing wall removal, Willingdon Heights

Willingdon Heights · Burnaby Scope — 1,140 sq ft 14 weeks · On budget

The starting point

A 1962 bungalow chopped into five small rooms — a young family of five sharing a galley kitchen they could not stand in together.

The decisions

We engineered the open plan with a flush steel beam, because removing the load-bearing wall left only 47 mm of clearance for the bifold doors. White-oak engineered flooring throughout — specified for the radiant heat the family added under it.

What they have now

One continuous kitchen, dining, and garden room. An appraisal six months later valued the work at $180,000 over project cost.

Portfolio — 03

Photographed the way it was built — carefully.

Every image below is the finished room, professionally shot. No renders, no stock, no stagings we didn't build.

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Walnut island kitchen, Capitol Hill Burnaby

Kitchens · Capitol Hill

A galley opened into an island kitchen.

Limestone wet room bathroom, Brentwood Burnaby

Bathrooms · Brentwood

A wet room that will never leak.

Rebuilt living room, Deer Lake whole-home renovation

Whole home · Deer Lake

A 1958 rancher, rebuilt to the studs.

Shaker millwork heritage kitchen, Queens Park New Westminster

Kitchens · Queens Park

Heritage lines, modern bones.

Primary ensuite bathroom, Lynn Valley North Vancouver

Bathrooms · Lynn Valley

An ensuite found inside a hallway.

Garden-level extension interior, Dunbar Vancouver

Whole home · Dunbar

A garden room the house always wanted.

About — 04

Who you're hiring.

Markley Renovations is a design-build renovation company in Burnaby, BC. We renovate kitchens, bathrooms, and whole homes across Greater Vancouver. We specialise in older homes — the 1950s–1970s housing stock this region is full of — and we're the crew other contractors call when the structure gets complicated.

How we work

01Fixed-scope contracts. Changes are priced and signed before they happen.
02A photo update in your inbox every working day, no chasing.
03Broom-clean sites every evening — we work in your home, not on it.
04No corners cut on waterproofing, structure, or anything behind drywall.

The project that defines us

In 2016, halfway through a heritage renovation in Queens Park, we opened a wall and found the main carrying beam rotted through — invisible on every inspection. We priced the structural repair, brought our engineer in within 48 hours, and re-phased the build so the family's move-in date moved by nine days, not nine weeks.

That family has since hired us twice more and referred us to four neighbours. Facts inform; how a crew behaves when the job goes sideways is what you're actually buying.

Get a quote for your renovation →

Film — 05

Walk through it before you call us.

A narrated walkthrough of the Deer Lake rebuild — including why the ridge beam runs where it does and what the drone shows about the new roofline. Photos promise; film proves.

Film still — Deer Lake whole-home renovation walkthrough

Deer Lake walkthrough · 03:12 · Narrated by the site lead

Client voices — 06

"Our kitchen extension came in on budget and two days early — and the crew left the site cleaner than they found it."

Sarah & David Chen · Kitchen extension · North Burnaby

"A photo update every single evening for four months. We never once had to ask what was happening in our own house."

Priya Sharma · Whole-home renovation · Vancouver

"They found rot behind our shower, priced the fix the same day, and the final invoice still matched the contract."

Tom Englund · Bathroom renovation · Coquitlam

Journal — 07

The questions you're afraid to ask a contractor.

Answered with real numbers and honest trade-offs — no hedging.

Costs · 9 min read

How much does a kitchen renovation cost in Vancouver in 2026?

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Permits · 6 min read

Do I need a permit to remove a load-bearing wall in BC?

Read →

Timelines · 7 min read

How long does a bathroom renovation actually take?

Read →

Free guide — 08

The BC Homeowner's Guide to Kitchen Renovations.

What it costs, how long it takes, and what to watch out for — 22 pages of real 2026 budget ranges, week-by-week timelines, and the five questions to ask any contractor before you sign. No sales pitch inside.

— Real cost ranges by scope, not averages
— The permit map for Burnaby & Vancouver
— 5 questions to ask before you sign anything

Contact — 09

Tell us about the house.

We reply within one business day, and the first site visit is free. Currently booking projects starting in about six weeks.

(604) 555-0142

hello@markleyrenovations.ca

Burnaby · Vancouver · North Van · Coquitlam · New West

Mon–Fri · 7:30–17:00

Homes rebuilt to be lived in for decades.

Three things, done properly.

Kitchen renovations

Bathroom renovations

Whole-home & additions

The Willingdon open-plan extension.

The wall between cook and kids came out.

Flood-tested before a single tile went on.

The back of the house is now made of light.

Photographed the way it was built — carefully.

A galley opened into an island kitchen.

A wet room that will never leak.

A 1958 rancher, rebuilt to the studs.

Heritage lines, modern bones.

An ensuite found inside a hallway.

A garden room the house always wanted.

Who you're hiring.

Walk through it before you call us.

The questions you're afraid to ask a contractor.

How much does a kitchen renovation cost in Vancouver in 2026?

Do I need a permit to remove a load-bearing wall in BC?

How long does a bathroom renovation actually take?

The BC Homeowner's Guide to Kitchen Renovations.

Tell us about the house.